Chapter Four: Odaiba and Friends (Part One)

 Hi! Welcome back to 7/11 Barcrawl! Here's chapter four. This chapter focuses on friends we met at the hostel (and some adventures we went on with them). Scroll to the end for travel tips and to learn more about Japanese cultural stuff mentioned in the comic! This is a "part one" comic, and there will be a part two comic with the rest of our Odaiba adventures. Enjoy! 

 

Check out previous chapters here:

FAQ

Chapter One

Chapter Two: Akihabara

Chapter Three: Japan Tips 

Bonus Chapter: Gay in Japan















That's all for now! I'll post part two of the Odaiba adventure and a few other chapters next week (Harajuku and Sanrio World, hopefully!). Here's my cultural info/travel tips.

- We stayed at Anne Hostel in Asakusabashi. It was a great location, cheap, and the staff and guest were super nice. I can't recommend it enough! 

-  I used to work at a hostel, and I wrote up my best hostel stay tips for you here! 

- Here's some further info about Odaiba! It's a really fun place for a day trip. You can take a ferry there from Asakusa, which I really recommend (this is the boat where we all got drunk and I got seasick --I still recommend it though). Also...this is the weird giant robot (lol). If you're curious, here are a few more links about Odaiba and about its connection to the 2020 Olympics (rip): 
Olympics venues at Odaiba Marine Park -- here you can see where and what the venues are for the Oympics (which may or may not happen?)

- This is the rainbow bridge in Odaiba -- it's so gorgeous! I really recommend seeing it if you can.

I can't find the temple we went to where people tried to get us to convert, but if you do visit Tokyo, I really recommend visiting Senso-Ji temple in Asakusa, which is gorgeous. 

I hope this helps, and I hope y'all enjoyed! I'll be back with part two ASAP. 



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